CVE-2023-45684

Northern.tech CFEngine Enterprise before 3.21.3 allows SQL Injection. The fixed versions are 3.18.6 and 3.21.3. The earliest affected version is 3.6.0. The issue is in the Mission Portal login page in the CFEngine hub.

Published: 2023-11-14 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2023-45684 is rated Moderate Risk (52.4/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.56%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-45684

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 1.08% 0.56% -0.52%
2 2025-03-29 0.56% 1.08% +0.52%
3 2025-03-22 — 0.56% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-45684

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-45684

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-45684

vendor priority summary link
alpine high CVE-2023-45684: 1 source package rows (cfengine); 4 state rows across 3 repos (3.18-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 0, open 4. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-45684
debian unimportant CVE-2023-45684 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (cfengine3), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-45684
ubuntu medium CVE-2023-45684 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (cfengine3), 12 status rows across 12 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 6, ignored 5, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-45684

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-45684

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
northern.tech cfengine < 3.18.6 cpe:2.3:a:northern.tech:cfengine:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
northern.tech cfengine >= 3.19.0, < 3.21.3 cpe:2.3:a:northern.tech:cfengine:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

References for CVE-2023-45684

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